Currency
- Object Name:
- Currency
- Object ID:
- 2012.500.011
- Creator:
- Perkins, Jacob (1766-1849)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Currency. Bank Note. Engraving, printed on paper. Obverse: "FIVE DOLLARS No. / The President Directors Company of the / MERRIMACK COUNTY BANK promise to pay / or bearer on demand FIVE DOLLARS / CONCORD 18_ / Cash. Pres." printed; alternating flower and "FIVE" garlands top and bottom borders; "Five Dollars" fine print repeated center as background; "NEW-HAMPSHIRE" printed across panel lathework chains left; V V / 5 / PATENT K FIVE / 5 / V V" printed in rectangle panels left and right sides; signatures bottom; ink very worn. Reverse: "SETH EASTMAN, / WATCH MAKER AND JEWELER. / Opposite the Columbian Hotel, / CONCORD, N.H. / HAS ON SALE, / (?) / Military / / Fancy Goods." stamped black ink.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-6.7 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Perkins, Jacob
- Subjects:
- Banking, Bank notes
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